George W. Bush once tried to kill a fly on a window by throwing a phone book at it. Unsurprisingly the phone book completely destroyed the window. He then refused to clean up the glass claiming the whole idea was "ludicrous".

Despite the fact that in Rome over 60% of daily traffic accidents are caused by Vespa scooters, very few of them are prosecuted because the Italian government believes that it shouldn't tarnish the Vespa as "an important symbol of the carefree Italian lifestyle".